‘I’m not answering that question’: Why AI — and how to use it — has become the NBA’s biggest secret

The most unusual path to the NBA wasn’t taken by some overlooked recruit or undrafted rookie. Gregory Peim went from testing theories about the laws of the universe at the world’s largest particle accelerator to unlocking the secrets of pick-and-roll defense and player evaluation for the Los Angeles Clippers. Advertisement Northeastern University theoretical physicist Pran […]
How to improve your bracket and avoid the most common mistakes

Whether you’re cramming team stats, crunching numbers or studying the odds, building the perfect bracket for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament is nearly impossible – a one in 9.2 quintillion chance, to be exact.“If you were to create one billion brackets per second and never repeat it, it would take you 300 million […]